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    months and was famous for his strong revolt against father and mother and his exploits during Third Crusade. He was born on 8th of September 1157 in Oxford‚ England. He was born between Henry II‚ the lord of Scotland‚ Ireland‚ and Wales and Eleanor of Aquitaine who was the greatest heiress in Western Europe in that time. As Richard was Eleanor’s favourite son out of other children‚ making him stay with her and getting her care after his parents divorced. This meant that Richard was the heir of her

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    Charles VII) and is often divided into three periods: the Edwardian War from 1337-1360‚ the Caroline War from 1369 to 1389‚ and the Lancastrian War from 1415-1453. Prior to the Hundred Years War‚ King Henry II of England was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor was the heiress to much of the southwest of France‚ giving King Henry II control over

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    Unit 2 Individual Project Vernacular Language Desiree DuBose American InterContinental University Author Note Desiree DuBose‚ Department of Information Technology‚ American InterContinental University Online This research was supported by Yahoo Search‚ AIU Library Resources Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Desiree DuBose‚ Department of Information Technology‚ American InterContinental University Online‚ Hoffman Estates‚ IL 60192 Contact: desiree.dubose1@aiu

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    About The Crusades

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    ~~~FIRST CRUSADE - After the Normans had settled in France and conquered England‚ both France and England‚ and also the Holy Roman Empire‚ were stronger than they had been since the time of Charlemagne. Their kings and queensbegan to think‚ as he had‚ of reconquering the whole Mediterranean and recreating the Roman Empire. In particular‚ they wanted to take Jerusalem‚ the city ofJesus Christ‚ away from the Islamic Fatimids who were ruling it. In 1095 AD Pope Urban made a great speech at Clermont

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    Years’ War began in May‚ 1337. It was a series of wars in Europe. France and England had been old enemies. The war was started for many reasons. The first reason is that King Phillip VI tried to seize the English territories in the duchy of Aquitaine. England tried to take the French throne. The second reason is that because of their historical feudal orders‚ France and England broke away from one another (Allmand 7). The third reason was The Battle for Flanders. Flanders was the industrial

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    called Provence. After Julius Caesar’s’ conquest in the 1st century the Roman called that area Provincia Romana‚ which later evolved in Provence. 2. Lake of Geneva is called Lac Léman. 3. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the queen of England who was the wife of Henry II and mother of Richard the Lion Hearted. Eleanor was born in what is now southern France. 4. Chapter 1 of Book 1: Gaul was divided in three parts: Belgae‚ Aquitani‚ Celts(Gaul). All of the parts had their own laws‚ languages and customs

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    Thornley and Gwyneth Roberts. An Outline of English Literature‚ Longman‚ Essex‚ 2008 Chretien de Troyes [ 6 ]. Marie of France‚ Countess of Champagne (1145 – March 11‚ 1198) was the elder daughter of Louis VII of France and his first wife‚ Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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    Courtly Love Analysis

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    Courtly Love Works Cited: The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Courtly Love." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 19 Feb. 2016. Web. 27 Apr. 2016. "Courtly Love." New World Encyclopedia. N.p.‚ 27 June 2013. Web. 27 Apr. 2016. . In the late periods of the medieval times‚ towards the ending of the middle ages‚ an intricate code was enforced for women. It described the behavior requirements of young women and their courters. It gave more of a sense of purpose‚ like a theme

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    Before the concept of “courtly love” was discovered‚ the Middle Ages love was religious; either towards their creator and/or towards humankind as brothers and sisters. Love was also known more of a passion towards a desire or action rather than an intimate and emotional circumstances. During the Middle Ages‚ marriage was considered an arrangement for materialistic possessions such as money‚ property‚ hierarchy‚ etc. for both sides of the family‚ not necessarily love. Courtly love is essentially chivalry

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    The Middle English

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    Middle English describes dialects of English in the history of the English language between the High and Late Middle Ages‚ or roughly during the three centuries between the late 12th and the late 15th century. * In 1066 the Normans invaded England‚ and the French of Normandy‚ together with Latin‚ was to become the language of court‚ religion and science * English was still used by the common people‚ but there was no literature written in it for 200 years. * However‚ this situation of

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